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desire
noun
1 desire
The feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state.
Roget 865:
desire,
wish,
fancy,
fantasy;
want,
need,
exigency.
mind,
inclination,
leaning,
bent,
animus,
partiality,
penchant,
predilection;
propensity
etc.
820;
willingness
etc.
602;
liking,
love,
fondness,
relish.
longing,
hankering,
inkling;
solicitude,
anxiety;
yearning,
coveting;
aspiration,
ambition,
vaulting ambition;
eagerness,
zeal,
ardor,
empressement [Fr.],
breathless impatience,
overanxiety;
impetuosity,
etc.
825.
appetite,
appetition†,
appetence†,
appetency†;
sharp appetite,
keenness,
hunger,
stomach,
twist;
thirst,
thirstiness;
drouth,
mouthwatering;
itch,
itching;
prurience,
cacoethes [Lat.],
cupidity,
lust,
concupiscence.
edge of appetite,
edge of hunger;
torment of Tantalus;
sweet tooth,
lickerish tooth†;
itching palm;
longing eye,
wistful eye,
sheep's eye.
[excessive desire for money]
greed
etc.
817.1.
voracity
etc.
(gluttony)
957.
passion,
rage,
furore†,
mania,
manie†;
inextinguishable desire;
dipsomania,
kleptomania.
[Person who desires]
lover,
amateur,
votary,
devotee,
aspirant,
solicitant,
candidate,
applicant,
supplicant;
cormorant
etc.
957.
[Object of desire]
desideratum;
want
etc.
(requirement)
630;
a consummation devoutly to be wished;"
attraction,
magnet,
allurement,
fancy,
temptation,
seduction,
fascination,
prestige,
height of one's ambition,
idol;
whim,
whimsy,
whimsey†;
maggot;
hobby,
hobby-horse.
Fortunatus's cap;
wishing cap,
wishing stone,
wishing well.
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Roget 858:
hope,
hopes;
desire
etc.
865;
fervent hope,
sanguine expectation,
trust,
confidence,
reliance;
faith
etc.
(belief)
484;
affiance,
assurance;
secureness,
security;
reassurance.
good omen,
good auspices;
promise,
well grounded hopes;
good prospect,
bright prospect;
clear sky.
assumption,
presumption;
anticipation
etc.
(expectation)
507.
hopefulness,
buoyancy,
optimism,
enthusiasm,
heart of grace,
aspiration.
[person who is hopeful]
optimist,
utopian,
utopist†.
castles in the air,
castles in Spain,
chateaux en Espagne [Fr.],
le pot aut lait [Fr.],
Utopia,
millennium;
day dream,
golden dream;
dream of Alnaschar†;
airy hopes,
fool's paradise;
mirage
etc.
(fallacies of vision)
443;
fond hope.
beam of hope,
ray of hope,
gleam of hope,
glimmer of hope,
flash of hope,
dawn of hope,
star of hope;
cheer;
bit of blue sky,
silver lining,
silver lining of the cloud,
bottom of Pandora's box,
balm in Gilead;
light at the end of the tunnel.
anchor,
sheet anchor,
mainstay;
staff
etc.
(support)
215;
heaven
etc.
981.
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Roget 600:
will,
volition,
conation†,
velleity;
liberum arbitrium [Lat.];
will and pleasure,
free will;
freedom
etc.
748;
discretion;
option
etc.
(choice)
609;
voluntariness†;
spontaneity,
spontaneousness;
originality.
pleasure,
wish,
mind;
desire;
frame of mind
etc.
(inclination)
602;
intention
etc.
620;
predetermination
etc.
611;
selfcontrol
&c.;
determination
etc.
(resolution)
604;
force of will.
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Roget 817a:
covetousness,
ravenousness
etc.
adj.;
venality,
avidity,
cupidity;
acquisitiveness
(acquisition)
775;
desire
etc.
865.
[greed for money or material things]
greed,
greediness,
avarice,
avidity,
rapacity,
extortion.
selfishness
etc.
943;
auri sacra fames [Lat.].
grasping,
craving,
canine appetite,
rapacity.
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Dutch: verlangen
Polish: żądza
2 desire
An inclination to want things.
Dutch: drift
3 desire
Something that is desired.
verb
1 desire
Feel or have a desire for; want strongly.
synonym: want.
Roget 620:
intend,
purpose,
design,
mean;
have to;
propose to oneself;
harbor a design;
have in view,
have in contemplation,
have in one's eye,
have in petto;
have an eye to.
bid for,
labor for;
be after,
aspire after,
endeavor after;
be at,
aim at,
drive at,
point at,
level at,
aspire at;
take aim;
set before oneself;
study to.
take upon oneself
etc.
(undertake)
676;
take into one's head;
meditate,
contemplate of,
think of,
dream of,
talk of;
premeditate
etc.
611;
compass,
calculate;
destine,
destinate†;
propose.
project
etc.
(plan)
626;
have a mind to
etc.
(be willing)
602;
desire
etc.
865;
pursue
etc.
622.
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Roget 897:
love,
like,
affect,
fancy,
care for,
take an interest in,
be partial to,
sympathize with;
affection;
be in love with
etc.
adj.;
have a love
etc.
n..
for,
entertain a love
etc.
n..
for,
harbor cherish a love
etc.
n..
for;
regard,
revere;
take to,
bear love to,
be wedded to;
set one's affections on;
make much of,
feast one's eyes on;
hold dear,
prize;
hug,
cling to,
cherish,
pet.
burn;
adore,
idolize,
love to distraction,
aimer eperdument [Fr.];
dote on,
dote upon;
take a fancy to,
look sweet upon;
become enamored
etc.
adj.;
fall in love with,
lose one's heart;
desire
etc.
865.
excite love;
win the heart,
gain the heart,
win the affections,
gain the affections,
secure the love,
engage the affections;
take the fancy of have a place in the heart,
wind round the heart;
attract,
attach,
endear,
charm,
fascinate,
captivate,
bewitch,
seduce,
enamor,
enrapture,
turn the head.
get into favor;
ingratiate oneself,
insinuate oneself,
worm oneself;
propitiate,
curry favor with,
pay one's court to,
faire l'aimable [Fr.],
set one's cap at,
flirt.
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Roget 865:
desire;
wish,
wish for;
be desirous
etc.
adj..
have a longing
etc.
n.;
hope
etc.
858.
care for,
affect,
like,
list;
take to,
cling to,
take a fancy to;
fancy;
prefer
etc.
(choose)
609.
have an eye,
have a mind to;
find it in one's heart
etc.
(be willing)
602;
have a fancy for,
set one's eyes upon;
cast a sheep's eye upon,
look sweet upon;
take into one's head,
have at heart,
be bent upon;
set one's cap at,
set one's heart upon,
set one's mind upon;
covet.
want,
miss,
need,
feel the want of,
would fain have,
would fain do;
would be glad of.
be hungry
etc.
adj.;
have a good appetite,
play a good knife and fork;
hunger after,
thirst after,
crave after,
lust after,
itch after,
hanker after,
run mad after;
raven for,
die for;
burn to.
desiderate†;
sigh for,
cry for,
gape for,
gasp for,
pine for,
pant for,
languish for,
yearn for,
long,
be on thorns for,
hope for;
aspire after;
catch at,
grasp at,
jump at.
woo,
court,
solicit;
fish for,
spell for,
whistle for,
put up for;
ogle.
cause desire,
create desire,
raise desire,
excite desire,
provoke desire;
whet the appetite;
appetize†,
titillate,
allure,
attract,
take one's fancy,
tempt;
hold out temptation,
hold out allurement;
tantalize,
make one's mouth water,
faire venir l'eau a la bouche [Fr.].
gratify desire
etc.
(give pleasure)
829.
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Roget 829:
cause pleasure,
produce pleasure,
create pleasure,
give pleasure,
afford pleasure,
procure pleasure,
offer pleasure,
present pleasure,
yield pleasure
etc.
827.
please,
charm,
delight,
becharm†,
imparadise†;
gladden
etc.
(make cheerful)
836;
take,
captivate,
fascinate;
enchant,
entrance,
enrapture,
transport,
bewitch;
enravish†.
bless,
beatify;
satisfy;
gratify,
desire;
etc.
865;
slake,
satiate,
quench;
indulge,
humor,
flatter,
tickle;
tickle the palate
etc.
(savory)
394;
regale,
refresh;
enliven;
treat;
amuse
etc.
840;
take one's fancy,
tickle one's fancy,
hit one's fancy;
meet one's wishes;
win the heart,
gladden the heart,
rejoice the heart,
warm the cockles of the heart;
do one's heart good.
attract,
allure
etc.
(move)
615;
stimulate
etc.
(excite)
824;
interest.
make things pleasant,
popularize,
gild the pill,
sugar-coat the pill,
sweeten.
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Roget 630:
require,
need,
want,
have occasion for;
not be able to do without,
not be able to dispense with;
prerequire†.
render necessary,
necessitate,
create a,
necessity for,
call for,
put in requisition;
make a requisition
etc.
(ask for)
765,
(demand)
741.
stand in need of;
lack
etc.
640;
desiderate†;
desire
etc.
865;
be necessary
etc.
Adj.
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Roget 602:
be willing
etc.
adj.;
incline,
lean to,
mind,
propend;
had as lief;
lend a willing ear,
give a willing ear,
turn a willing ear;
have a half a mind to,
have a great mind to;
hold to,
cling to;
desire
etc.
865.
see fit,
think good,
think proper;
acquiesce
etc.
(assent)
488;
comply with
etc.
762.
swallow the bait,
nibble at the bait;
gorge the hook;
have no scruple of,
make no scruple of;
make no bones of;
jump at,
catch at;
meet halfway;
volunteer.
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Dutch: dorst, begeerte, verlangen, wens, willen
2 desire
Expect and wish.
synonyms: hope, trust.
Dutch: hopen
3 desire
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